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Picador signs Poehler memoir

Picador has signed a memoir from US comedian and actress Amy Poehler in a "closely-fought... Continue reading >>
[ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]

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Smashwords Releases 2014 Indie E-book Sales Survey

In Smashwords' annual survey, CEO Mark Coker says that indie ebooks selling for $2.99-$3.99 earn as much for their authors as conventionally published ebooks selling for $7.99 or more, but generate "triple the readership." Continue reading >>
[ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]

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Her Struggle

After I recommended My Struggle to a friend, she texted, “What if a woman wrote it?” I wrote back, “or an American?” and I began to wonder what would happen if the literary sensation were written not by the handsome Norwegian writer Karl Ove Knausgaard but by Carla Olivia Krauss of Cobble Hill,... Continue reading >>
[ Source: Slate | 2014-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]

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Reviews of New and Forthcoming Religion and Spirituality Books, July 9, 2014

Alejandro Jodorowsky's film 'The Dance of Reality' is based on his unorthodox autobiography; Ernest Kurtz and Katherine Ketcham offer imperfectly wise stories and parables Continue reading >>
[ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]

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Image Announces Third Image Expo for Comic-Con

Hoping to counter the glut of show-biz razzle dazzle at Comic-Con in San Diego with some comic book firepower, Image Comics has announced the third Image Expo, an all-Image Comics media day. Continue reading >>
[ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]

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Wattpad Acquires Red Room Writers’ Site

Wattpad, an online writing and reading community, has acquired the Red Room, an online community originally described as a “Facebook for authors.” The site will be subsumed into Wattpad. Continue reading >>
[ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]

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Proverbs 31 Womanhood Reexamined by Trying to Live It

Rachel Held Evans has long had an issue with the typical evangelical Christian interpretation of Proverbs 31, believing that paean of biblical womanhood has reduced generations of Christian women to shame, despair, and fatigue. But instead of trying to fight the ideal of womanhood set forth in... Continue reading >>
[ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]

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Zuckerberg: Basic Internet should be as universal as 911 service

Mark Zuckerberg sees the Internet as a vital service that should be made available to everyone across the world—a service that can be as vital as, say, the ability to call for emergency help on a telephone. In an editorial published Monday in The Wall Street Journal, the Facebook chief outlined... Continue reading >>
[ Source: PC World | 2014-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]

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Special Report: Digital Printing

Welcome to a special educational series about digital printing solutions and technology. Here, we look at the value proposition of digital printing, and take stock of the current thoughts and practices in the publishing industry in implementing a hybrid printing program. Continue reading >>
[ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]

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HarperCollins launches direct-to-consumer sales site

HarperCollins has relaunched its US website, with direct to consumer print and ebook sales. The... Continue reading >>
[ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]

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Authors choose sides in the duel between Amazon and Hachette (+video)

Some 'old guard' authors are joining forces in a letter criticizing Amazon, even as a cluster of self-published authors is rallying around Amazon, charging that traditional publishers like Hachette mistreat authors and readers. Continue reading >>
[ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]

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In Appeal Filing, Google Defends Snippets

In a filing with the Second Circuit last week, Google defended its practice of displaying snippets in Google Book Search. Continue reading >>
[ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]

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Job Moves: July 8, 2014

Becky Green has been promoted to v-p, director, children’s retail sales, Random House Children’s Books. She was previously the division's v-p. national accounts. Continue reading >>
[ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]

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Microsoft gives away almost 300 ebooks -- master Windows 8.1, Office 365, and much more

Eric Ligman, Microsoft Senior Sales Excellence Manager, has released a whole new batch of free ebooks, covering topics such as Windows 8 and 8.1, Windows 7, Office 2013 and Office 365, Azure, Lync 2013, and SQL Server. There are ebooks and resource guides for all things Microsoft. For the past... Continue reading >>
[ Source: Betanews | 2014-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]

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Will a new editor find an audience for his 'religiously digital' newspaper?

In pre-Kindle days I once weighed myself down with more than dozen books after spending half a day in Powell's "city of books" in Portland, Oregon.People still enjoy cruising the miles of shelves in that wonderful monument to the era of print. By contrast, readers have been deserting the print... Continue reading >>
[ Source: The Guardian | 2014-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]

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Oceano Moves Into Ebooks, Mines Smaller Spanish Markets

Oceano, one of the largest Spanish-language publishers, has finally launched a line of ebook titles out of its Mexico subsidiary aimed at Latin America. Continue reading >>
[ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]

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Authors choose sides in the duel between Amazon and Hachette

Some 'old guard' authors are joining forces in a letter criticizing Amazon, even as a cluster of self-published authors is rallying around Amazon, charging that traditional publishers like Hachette mistreat authors and readers. Continue reading >>
[ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]

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Distribution: Authors Sign with INscribe

Nine romance writers are distributing an anthology of short stories, "Naught Nine," through INscribe Digital. Continue reading >>
[ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]

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Binc Foundation Expands Assistance

Booksellers can now apply for aid to prevent homelessness and to pay for funeral costs. Continue reading >>
[ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]

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FarFaria Adds HarperCollins’ Titles, iPhone Support

FarFaria, a subscription app for iPad providing unlimited access to kids’ content for $3.99 a month, has inked a deal to offer 17 HarperCollins’ titles and has expanded support for the iPhone. Continue reading >>
[ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]

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